Mother's Day

This past weekend has been really busy but really fun!!! :) Most of it was spent celebrating Mother's Day with my family.

One of my parents' all time favorite food is Chili Crab. We didn't have the foresight to make a reservation and every good restaurant would probably have been overbooked for Mother's Day, so we rushed out of the house for dinner before 6pm haha! Our choice was Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, arguably home to the best chili crab dish, and thank goodness we managed to snag a table! Yayyyyy the stars were certainly aligned for us to have some crab hahaha.

Jumbo Chili Crab + Buns

We had such a delicious meal! Ordered a 1kg crab at first but my mom was so dissatisfied cos there wasn't enough hahaha so we ordered another one. I really do think Jumbo has the best chili crab!! But there are less pricey options, such as from Melben Seafood and Fatty Weng's. I'd say those chili crabs are second best! And I promise you can trust my taste because my family alwaysss eats chili crabs so we are quite discerning!!

The next day, we decided to try out La Pizzaiola, a cute little Italian place recently discovered near my house. We'd thought it wouldn't be too crowded since it's quite secluded but wow their business is so good!! But it's no surprise because their food is really good, and their prices are really affordable considering how good their food is!! My family's favorite pizza place is Spizza, but having discovered this place I think my mom and I like their pizzas more!!

Garlic Bread + Diavola Pizza

Not a very good picture, but I had to show their garlic bread. It's not the usual garlic bread as evident from the picture, but it was still really satisfying! There wasn't a very overpowering taste of garlic on the pizza crust, which allowed us to taste the fragrant and delicious pizza base!! I looove the doughy taste of the pizza, it was so yummy I couldn't stop eating!! We also had the Diavola pizza, with spicy salami and tomato and mozzarella. Can I just say... YUM!!! The garlic bread only cost $6.90? The pizza cost $14.90. So affordable!!!

We also had an Aglio E Olio, which was less impressive, and a Risotto al Funghi, which is one of the better risottos I've ever had :)

But I gotta say, what absolutely sealed the deal for my family was the desserts we had! We had a home-made Pear cake and a Melting Chocolate cake (lava cake) served with vanilla icecream. WOW the pear cake was sooo fluffy and the lava cake was possibly the best I've ever had?? Both weren't overbearingly sweet and the flavors were so balanced, my family was so full but we demolished the cakes within seconds. Just thinking about it makes me drool *_*

So we had an amazing weekend together :) I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family, and so thankful for their relentless love and forgiveness towards me. They really show me what it means to love someone unconditionally, especially my mom. Happy Mother's Day to my mom, and all mothers and mother figures in the world!!!

Mother's Day Cake

P.S. We also managed to get a small cake for my Grandma :) she was so happy!!!